Breaking Yoga Stereotypes With Jessamyn Stanley

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🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Yoga enthusiast, expert and internationally recognized teacher Jessamyn Stanley breaks all the stereotypes of a yogi. Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen and Tricia Bobeda sat down with Stanley to talk about her new book, Every Body Yoga; how yoga is for everyone (and not just the models drinking coconut water in the Lululemon ads); and why yoga is more than just a way to burn calories.

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0:30.3	Greta, as co-hosts of about four years now, we've done a lot of things together. We have. We even
0:36.5	lived together for a year.
0:38.0	But we have never done yoga together.
0:40.9	No, I like yoga quite a bit, but you, it's fair to say, are a little more skeptical.
0:45.6	Yes, very yoga skeptical.
0:47.7	But you have convinced me to try.
0:50.1	And so we decided I should put a microphone on for my very first attempt at doing yoga.
0:55.1	This is what it sounded like.
1:00.2	I have to put my head on the floor.
1:02.2	Okay.
1:04.3	I don't feel like a child doing this.
1:08.7	I think I'm doing it backwards.
1:11.1	Like this...
1:12.5	Ow!
1:13.6	This does not feel good.
1:21.0	Wait, where are you trying to put...
1:22.6	Ow.
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